Canada Lily & Hoverfly

The Canada Lily is a wildflower that ranges in color from yellow to a deep orange/red.

150mm

f/4

1/160s

ISO 100

Canon EOS 50D

Sigma 150mm. f/2.8 Macro

Wild Columbine

The wild columbine found in the eastern United States is red and yellow.

150mm

f/16

1/8s

ISO 400

Canon EOS 50D

Sigma 150mm. Macro

Bluet and Bud

Bluet flowers are very small. Dense patches of them often appear to be light pastel blue powder on the ground of sunny openings in the forest.

150mm

f/18

1/1.666666s

ISO 100

Canon EOS 50D

Sigma 150mm. f/2.8 Macro

Bluets at Sunrise

Bluet flowers are very small. Dense patches of them often appear to be light pastel blue powder on the ground of sunny openings in the forest.

40mm

f/16

1/8s

ISO 100

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Canon 24-105 mm.

Painted Trillium in the Understory

A painted Trillium wildflower grows in the deep forest.

150mm

f/11

1/15s

ISO 100

Canon EOS 50D

Sigma 150mm. f/2.8 Macro

Large-flowered Trillium

Large-flowered Trillium is also known as white trillium in some areas.

40mm

f/16

1/25s

ISO 400

Canon EOS 50D

Sigma 17-70mm.

Wake-robin

The wake-robin is a wild Trillium lily also know as red Trillium or purple trillium.

150mm

f/11

1/15s

ISO 200

Canon EOS 50D

Sigma 150mm. f/2.8 Macro

Nodding Trillium

The nodding trillium has flowers that are hidden beneath its large leaves. It is a lily that is becoming rare or endangered in some parts of its range.

150mm

f/11

1/20s

ISO 200

Canon EOS 50D

Sigma 150mm. f/2.8 Macro

Yellow Lady's Slipper

The yellow lady's slipper is a wild orchid.

70mm

f/16

1/4s

ISO 200

Canon EOS 50D

Sigma 17-70mm.

Showy Lady's Slippers

The Showy Lady's Slipper is a rare wild orchid that grows in the northeast USA and southeastern Canada. It is disappearing from much of its range.

150mm

f/8

1/250s

ISO 640

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Showy Lady's Slipper

The Showy Lady's Slipper is a rare wild orchid that grows in the northeast USA and southeastern Canada. It it disappearing from much of its range, due to factors such as habitat loss and increased populations of white-tailed deer, which feed on the plants.

150mm

f/16

1/160s

ISO 640

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Shining Moccasins

The pink lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) is a wild orchid also known as moccasin flower.

14.1mm

f/3.2

1/40s

ISO 100

C750UZ

Fringed Gentian & Bud

The fringed gentian is a wildflower that blooms in late August and September.

150mm

f/11

1/50s

ISO 200

Canon EOS 50D

Glowing Spire

The wildflower, false dragonhead, back-lit.

mm

f/

s

ISO

False Dragonhead (B&W)

The wildflower, false dragonhead, back-lit.

mm

f/

s

ISO

Bog Rosemary & Raindrops

Bog rosemary flowers just after many hours of rain on the shore of Lake Placid in the Adirondack Forest Preserve. Handheld close telephoto shot from my kayak. The dark waters of the shady shoreline provided a natural background.

560mm

f/13

1/640s

ISO 800

Canon EOS 20D

Toadflax

Toadflax is a common plant introduced into North America from Europe. It is now listed as a harmful invasive species in many places as it replaces native plants on many sites.

150mm

f/11

1/25s

ISO 320

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Herb Robert (Horizontal)

150mm

f/5.6

1/20s

ISO 640

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Dwarf Ginseng

150mm

f/16

1s

ISO 320

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Herb Robert Flower

Cinnamon Fern

A tiny new fern emerges in the spring.

150mm

f/11

1s

ISO 320

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Goldthread Flower

150mm

f/4

1/80s

ISO 640

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Indian Pipe

The Indian pipe -- sometimes called corpse plant or ghost plant -- is a flowering plant, but it has no chlorophyll, so it can't use the Sun as a direct fuel source. Instead, it has to "steal" food. it is a parasite, taking food from certain fungi which get their food from tree roots, which carry food from the tree's green leaves, made from sunlight.

105mm

f/10

1/30s

ISO 160

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Racemed Milkwort

150mm

f/11

1/80s

ISO 1250

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

150mm

Blue eyed Grass

Blue-eyed grass blooms in forest openings in early summer.

150mm

f/11

1/100s

ISO 1250

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

150mm

Wood Lily

Wood lilies grow in dry, sunny forest openings. This one is from Saratoga county, New York, USA. 12 images stacked in Photoshop for selective depth-of-field.